Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-01-29
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HoRRoRs OF sT. LAzARE.


horror and disgust which prevailed In society
here, and generally among Parisians, writes
Paris correspondent Of the New York
Woyid, on its becoming known that Lord
Colin Campbsii had attempted 10 have his
wife imprisoned at St. Lazare during her last
stay in Paris. The seathing remarks OF
Sir Charles Russell on the subject do not
sufficiently decry the infamy of such pro-
ceeding, which will certainly cause Lord
Colin to be blackballed by any French club
which he may wish to Join. Probably few
people in the United States realize the 'hor-.
! ror inspired by the mere word St. Lazare.
A detention in that establishments even for
an hour is sufficient to indellbly brand any
the House Of Correction for the "women of
the town."
In Paris, as in every other European capi-
tai, except London, vice is publicly tolera-
ted by the Government, and subject to
certain kind Of Legislation. 1t has its spec
ial prison, which is that Of ST. Lazare, and
its special police, who are known by the
name Of "Agents de Moeurs" Every wom-
an on town and heaven only knows how
numerous they are-is forced to take out q
special license Something like that of d
hack-driver), which is called a "livret."
The latter has to be countersgned once d
week by he police surgeon Of the district.
Ana such woman who Is eaught without
liz or one which has not been duly
s. sis' !. furing the eight previous days. may
lted on the public street, ether BIZ
by night. without any spscial war
assg needed for the parpcse. The po-
fven authorized to examine tenement
Aodging-houses, snd the inferior
class of hotels in order 10 discover II posi-
BILE il the female inmates are all provided
with their duly signed livrets. The delin-
quents, alter spending the night in the cells
are taken off early the next morning in the
'.Panier Salade," as the police van is
termed, to the St. Lazare prison, in order to
spend there the three or six months to which
they have been condemned Immediately on
their arrest by the s'Commissaire de Police"
on day or night duty at the police station to
which they were first conveyed when arrested
may add that in addition to the women
of the class above described, wives convict.
ed of in6delity can, on the demand of the
husband, be imprisoned for terms ranging
from three to twelve months. It's, however.
only fair to add that only the lower classes
ever cause their wives to be submitted to
this indignity, and I have never heard Of
a case where any man of society or position
has caused his wife to be condemned to such
an infamy. That Lord Colin should for one
moment thought of causing the grand old
Stuart-descended Argyll family to figure in
the annals of the St. Lazare prison is simply
Incredible.
While writing these lines a singularIy sad
story come back to my mind, which was re-
lated to me couple of years ago at Vienna
by the Prince de B., Secretary of the
French Embassy there. The Comtesse de
c. belonged to one of the noblest and
most wealthy families of France. A leader
of fashion and the mother Of three lovely
children, no breath of scandal had ever tar
nished her reputation. On one occasion she
was under the necessity of forbidding her
house to a foreign resident at Paris. The
person in question, who had until then con-
sidered himself as being irresistible, and had
been accustomed to more facile conquests,
left her, vowing to be revenged. A few
weeks later she happened to dine at the
house of her mother.in law, whose residence
was just across the street in sight of her
own. At 10 O'Clock she put on her wraps,
bid good night, and absolutely refused to
be accompanied by a servant, laughingly
adding that, as she could see the very mo-
ment she got outside the door the light in
her husbands library, it was not worth
while. She had not gone half way before
she was suddenly seized very roughly by
two disreputabe. looking men, one of whom
exclaimed "Where is your livret9" The
The poor Comtesse, utterly paralyzed with
fright, did not know what to reply, where
upon the two men, shaking her roughly, be-
gan to lead her off to the police depot. AT
length she found words to cry; "But | am
the Comtesse de c.. There is my house;
ring the bell and ask the servants; there is
my mother in-law's house, where have just
been dining. Yeu are mistaken" "Oh,'
we know all about that tomfoolery," was the
answer. "Come along! Comtesse de St.
Lazare, eha" Half fainting she was drag
ged off, pushed about and struck until she
reached the police station, where she spent
the night with number Of the most degrad-
ed specimens of womanhood. The next
morning on being landed in the ST. Lazare
Prison she was at length able to speak to
the prison surgeon, but not before she had
submitted to the nameless indignilies iniict-
ed on the women Of bad reputation when
they first arrive at the prison. OF course
she was Immediately liberated with the
most profuse apologies. Finding her way
home she got into the house, locked herself
in her room, and after writing letter to her
husband, who was asleep in the adjoining
room, explaining what had taken place, she
seized a small revolver on her mantlepiece,
and a minute later pistol-shot rang through
the house. On the door being burst open
thA Cor,tessA WAS found luinn dead on the